Ali Karimi

Defensive Midfielder - Sepahan
18 Sep 2026
Friday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 2 Transfers Relations Events 22 Awards Matches History

Marked for Ali Karimi

7 Edition

The Sepahan Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match9 Sep 2026

The cup run ends for Sepahan

2‑3 against Esteghlal Ahvaz, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

A brace, and Kasra Taheri takes the afternoon — 8.80

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kasra Taheri provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match12 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Sepahan's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sepahan has to find a result from somewhere.

Market14 Sep 2026

Sepahan say no — this time

The offer from Saba for Seyed Pouria Rafiei was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market14 Sep 2026

Mohammad Askari’s move to Foolad falls through

The deal that would have taken Mohammad Askari to Foolad has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Sepahan with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

The terraces14 Sep 2026

Sepahan supporters have found a favourite in Kasra Taheri

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Kasra Taheri has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match12 Sep 2026

Sepahan come up short against Gostaresh Foulad

Gostaresh Foulad left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad14 Sep 2026

200 appearances for Ali Karimi

200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Both jobs done by Majid Aliyari — 6.73

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 10 actions, 6.73, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Sepahan Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market7 Sep 2026

Aria Yousefi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sepahan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market7 Sep 2026

Mohammad Askari has said yes to Foolad

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Sepahan have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 11 in, 9 out at Sepahan

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 11 arrived, 9 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Market7 Sep 2026

Eyes on Seyed Pouria Rafiei again

The phone has started ringing about Seyed Pouria Rafiei again, and this time the name on the line is Saba. Sepahan are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market7 Sep 2026

Padideh expected to open talks for Mehdi Limouchi

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Sepahan will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Mohammad Reza Akhbari slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Mohammad Reza Akhbari is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Kasra Taheri makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Mohammad Reza Akhbari gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Sepahan take the armband off Ricardo Alves

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

In brief